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In federal court documents filed in California, Dallas real estate heir and investor Trammell Crow Jr. is accused by two women of financially supporting and participating in an alleged human-trafficking ring that victimized them over the course of 12 years.
It is important to recognize that, while accusations can be made, nothing is proven until the legal process has concluded. Wealthy individuals and celebrities are often targeted by lawsuits to garner publicity. Whether Crow was involved or not has yet to be established.
Last November, Julia Hubbard and Kayla Goedinghaus filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against dozens of individuals and businesses, including Crow and even a Texas Ranger sergeant named Cody Mitchell.
In their sworn complaint, Hubbard and Goedinghaus assert that a man named Richard Hubbard ran a human-trafficking operation allegedly with the essential financial assistance and influence of billionaire Crow.
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https://dallasexpress.com/national/trammell-crow-jr-named-in-human-trafficking-case/
I believe this is a brother of Harlan Crow, best buddy of Clarence Thomas
FakeNoose
(42,444 posts)I thought Harlan Crow's brother is a race-car driver? Something about it in Wikipedia.
LiberalArkie
(19,919 posts)Trammell Crow married his wife Margaret in 1942 and at the time of his death, they had been married for sixty-six years.[9] The couple had six surviving children: Lucy C. Billingsley, Robert Tramell Crow, Harlan Crow, Howard Crow, Stuart Crow, and Trammell S. Crow.
lostnfound
(17,634 posts)WhiteTara
(31,279 posts)who built terrible buildings. His all glass building in Houston blew out in a hurricane...that's how forethoughted he was.
I didn't know they were Nazis, but it certainly seems right. Dallas is a hotbed of racism.
Goonch
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wnylib
(26,468 posts)So I guessed that it probably came from a past surname in the family and looked up "Trammel" as surname.
In England, it apparently has Anglo-Saxon origins because it has a counter part in Germany, slightly different spelling, which means "crude, boor."
In common English usage, trammel means to deprive someone of freedom. Also, it is a netting system that traps fish.
So it appears that the family name is appropriate.
Kid Berwyn
(25,120 posts)mountain grammy
(29,221 posts)right? I'm kidding of course.
LetMyPeopleVote
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